3093155346
Published: 29th September, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 3rd August, 2008 The Slurpee Font - Created and fueled by an unhealthy summer obsession with the world's greatest beverage you can drink/eat with a straw. A little interweb research gave some hints at a few more glyphs than the initial six glyphs in the 'Slurpee' logo. In some cases, like with the 'c' glyph, I noticed that it had been drawn differently in different usage. See here and here.
Being that the current Slurpee logo is Unicase, I decided to try and make uppercase and lowercase alternatives that can be mixed and matched for the unicase feel.
See also Chank Diesel's wonderful font Cosmic, which draws from the old school Slurpee branding.
P.S. The Monster Black Ice flavor that came out this summer was ridiculously awesome.
Q: What's with the name? A: At some point over the holidays, the movie Thunderball was on and I got to thinking about jet packs, Aston Martins, archenemies, Blofeld, SPECTRE and whether Miami is really worth 100 Million in diamonds or if it might have been better just to keep the diamonds instead of trying to save Miami. I mean, at the time of the movie, Miami hadn't even discovered cocaine yet and really wasn't on the map. If I were Blofeld, I would have picked an entirely different city to hold a bomb threat over. It was the sixties after all, take out San Francisco. Incidentally, at one point in the movie Bond finds himself in the Bahamas in the middle of a junkanoo, which is a kind of street fair where folks wear insanely colorful costumes (mostly of feathers) and dance around. Junkanoo! Now that would make a great name for a font. Much better than Thunderball. Is it too late to change the name?
Q: Your recent output - including this clodhopper - seems to be stuck on the 1.8 brick size filter, is your filter toggle stuck or something? A: Your Mom's filter toggle is stuck, buddy! And my next font will be called Clodhopper, and it will be yet another font built at 1.8 and it's going to be big and thick so you'll really feel it when I beat on your skull with it.
Q: Whoa! Touchy. Ok, how about that uppercase 'T', it's awfully funny looking, you gonna change it? A: Oh Boy. You just don't know when to quit, do you? The 'T' began as a spacing compromise but over the last few days it has grown on me - overtaken me really - like some saccharine soaked pop song that I hate but secretly love. So back off on the 'T', it's not going anywhere.
Q: Any last thoughts? A: Blofeld, Junkanoo, Clodhopper - all rad names for fonts that have yet to be born. Q.E.D.
1102233664
Published: 25th August, 2008
Last edited: 7th June, 2009
Created: 25th August, 2008
I took this epic digger while mountain biking in the rain last Friday. No real damage besides a slightly bruised shoulder. But while kneeling on the ground and collecting my wits, I noticed the impression left by my tire treads in the mud and thought there might be a Fontruction idea in there. Hydroplane is the product of that and represents a desire to stay upright, moving forward, with two wheels firmly gripping the terra.
527102788
Published: 19th July, 2010
Last edited: 20th July, 2010
Created: 3rd April, 2010
Not quite finished - I'm not happy with the X and a few other glyphs most likely need tweaking.
Suggestions welcome, as always.
4992819096
Published: 13th May, 2010
Last edited: 13th May, 2010
Created: 12th April, 2010
Ultra heavy slab serif uppercase only face, subtly celebrating the 4x1 diagonals of fontstruct 2.0...
I hope some people will find more stylish uses for this than on college shirts/jumpers. It actually wasn't intended to have that standard college slab serif look, and I desperately believe that there's still a nuance of difference, but that might be an illusion.
I btw just copied the uppercase letters on lowercase slots to make it more convenient. So don't be too impressed by the character count.;)
4290272
Published: 5th April, 2008
Last edited: 30th May, 2008
Created: 5th April, 2008
see blockhead by paul betowski
it has upper and lower case
i changed my name
40549722
Published: 23rd January, 2009
Last edited: 15th June, 2010
Created: 19th January, 2009
Clone of NCD Brick Stacker (One Grid).
I'm sure this must have been done before. This is basically better looking and therefore more usable version of One Grid. Although not so much Brick Stacking needed for this font. Please see NCD Brick Stacker (One Grid) for Brick Stacking technique.This is a clone of NCD Brick Stacker (One Grid)
376198025
Published: 7th October, 2008
Last edited: 12th June, 2009
Created: 30th September, 2008
I really like the way this one turned out. It uses minimal grid blocks to achieve the desired effect (although at ~2x2 and the slivers and the pinhole dots, there are a surprisingly large number of actual bricks used per glyph than evident at a quick glance, although not a single overlapping brick is used without express purpose). I think this is my favorite of all the ones I've done so far. It is with nervous anticipation that I let it free. Go forth and propagate, young font; it's You v World!
3473545059
Published: 25th September, 2009
Last edited: 16th April, 2013
Created: 8th September, 2009
tryin’ hard, I got screwy.
greek and cyrillic shaping up;
more characters to come...
[update April, 2013:: The basic latin set has morphed into a new gothic sans design thanks to a host of solutions enabled by the new propeller bricks.]
30979817
Published: 11th August, 2008
Last edited: 23rd June, 2009
Created: 11th August, 2008
Inspired by the fantastic entries in the FontStruct Slab Serif Gallery, here's my first attempt at a Fat Slab. It's got hard hammered edges but with soft and rounded velvety serifs.This is a clone
276149931
Published: 23rd November, 2012
Last edited: 20th November, 2012
Created: 15th November, 2012
PERF is a combination of Upper Case and Unicase/Alternates. The “PERF family” also has several decorative variants that can be layered to achieve different effects. This is the BASE font, and there are 8 others. Collect 'em all!This is a clone
25541295
Published: 19th April, 2008
Last edited: 12th February, 2009
Created: 19th April, 2008
A fat slab serif. Some characters need a bit of kerning.
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Published: 12th July, 2009
Last edited: 20th July, 2009
Created: 30th June, 2009
Clean, technical, heavy font, inspired by Maxïmo Park's "A Certain Trigger" album cover.
22951769
Published: 27th December, 2008
Last edited: 30th May, 2012
Created: 16th December, 2008
A slightly more legible version of NCD Black Square.
Based on a Black Square of Russian Artist of Kazimir Malevich. Only using the smallest amount of manipulation possible to give a real minimalist effect. Whilst still retaining some form of legibility.
The Black Square of Kazimir Malevich is one of the most famous creations of Russian art in the last century. The first Black Square was painted in 1915 to become the turning point in the development of Russian avant-garde.This is a clone of NCD Black Square
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Published: 11th October, 2012
Last edited: 14th October, 2012
Created: 2nd October, 2012
My first entry for Stencilcomp! Still needs improvement especially for numbers...
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Published: 9th May, 2008
Last edited: 22nd June, 2009
Created: 9th May, 2008
heavy block font, works perfectly as a pixel font too.
looks similar to the gta-font
19575233
Published: 8th February, 2014
Last edited: 8th February, 2014
Created: 4th February, 2014
Recently I revisited TrackMania United Forever, a great online racing game from Nadeo. There are other *Mania games out there and their logotypes share the same, "inline" stylistic, so several characters are based on them - the rest is just inspiration. And there's a competition going on too, so couldn't resist.
Alternatives for D and O.
Time zones are a bit confusing, so I hope that it's not too late!
Update: converted remaining uppercase letters to lowercase.
18469919
Published: 5th July, 2015
Last edited: 4th April, 2017
Created: 3rd July, 2015
An update to my previous Labrynth font. This revision improves the clarity of some characters. The new version also include proper lowercase characters.